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THE CATII()LIC I,IIMS. FOIL THE SFN. ADDRESS rind APPEAL v)f the ROMAN CATHOLICS' of ELAN!) to th..ir 1111F.IIII:EN of the UNITED I:INGDOM of GIiE.IT BRITAIN and IRE LAND. LETrEit Viti. 7 - :17ta. EntToß,-11,iving con. , ideregi several of ik.mling points in this curious and linPur an' dorliiiieti . r, it tV3S wiih tresirnss tipoo you urther than► by a generd review of the re- as they bear chi ettly to4il tool►ics under discussion ; but it is almost impossible to pass over a single sentence of this uot>ibic. production of " all the Catholic Talents— without pausing toatltuire its t h to twirk its fallacy, or to retort i s insolence. Yon have seen, Sir, alreatly,:that having trebled the popu lation, or absorbed the ivT►o%e population of Ireland in the mass of Roman Gitliohes, to make them appear formidable to ti►eir Protestant Brethren, tlicy propose, Hs a " simple case," the entire sub version of the Constitution, after having declared it to he " unwise and unjust," and demand equal Ri g hts, with no other proposed return for this Gaud Conuter-Revointion in their favour, than so assurance that they " do not pretend to an A•ccudancy t"—This modest declaration is fol. lowed op by 9ontething like a discussion and con filiation of the trifling objections which might, they conceive, by some possibility, be brought against them. " To such our reasonable 'demands is op " posed the assertion that our religious doctrines " il:sqowlity us for the participation in that Con s!itution which our Protestant Countrymen pos sess." I would simply draw your attention, with - on! any comment of my own, to the term of rea- softable demand•, and to the gentle merging of the w h o l e o x i,stion at i,soe, together with the Gre4t Principles of the Revolution in the simple term ‘c A , sERTIoN " " This impeachntetit of Religion has ever been the plea of persecution in every " Stare, and equally unwarrantable in each : fur " he who sustAns it assumes the exercise of a " controol over the consciences of men which " God has not granted to ally httinan Government." Mark the epithet Hu»tan—it is distinctive and appropriate. The Government of the Church is another thing, which I shall presently shew.— They say they do not desire to shelter their Reli gion, its Doctrines, or Discipline from scrutiny. " We are ready (say they), As WELL ON oua owN " BEHALF as on hAalf of YOUR klild ova ANCES- " Totts, to vindicate out: COMIDN FAITH- against " SUCH IMPUTATIONS !! !" But " hey decline —i t i s , hotvever, upon their own ground, (Teo to us to do what they decline to do—and to Ascertain, from fActswilich admit Of no ►lisputc, whether in the first place this Disrlain►et against pei•serntioi► in heh,►lU of TtIFIR and OUR COMMON -lures ors is tellable or of any authority, mid se coudly, whether this coupling of Ancestors be a candid ur fair mode of de , ctibiug our rehtive si- to4tions, considering that for neArly three Cen!u- ries our AnCestors have NOT been C 0111112012, and the whole questiou which separates the Papists ("Pun the Pritestants, and di:.7ided the family, is collet,' rent with the period of their separa tion. I confess, Sir, it is difficult- to re- strain the expression of indn4nAtion which rtrisus in an ingconons and honest mind at such a glaring piece of sophistry—or to meet it with that degree of temper which is neces sary in discussing a subject that in itself in volves every consideration that can 42 gravely interesting . to a Protestant and a Briton. They not only make the pretence of being the ad vocates of Liberty of Conscience, and the abhorrers of persecution ; but stand forth boldly to the principle in tie conduct of themselves and of their Ancestors. With respect to themselves, as they are at present without POWER in coun try, their assertion may be considered " Vox et preterea nihil ;" but as we have the means of as certainine; 'their real sentiments, not tricked out f . ,, t e x hibition, or for the purposes of delusion, but in a regular and digested form, by one of the most able and learned of their present Divines and Preachers, we shall, at once, perceive that the Tale of the Satyr and the Countryman is no fable. With respect to their Ancestors, we shall, here; after, have a better opportunity of judging how far the principles now laid down for The Public Eye are consistent with their conduct when they pos sessed THE powFo of applying them.—" Until the " Reformation (says Mr. Gandolfy, the great Ro marl Catholic Advocate,) the Church of Eng f, l an d e.-as A Limb of the TRUE VINE, and in in it, brought forth much fruit. She shot "-her Branchw into every corner of these Islands; " and every cluster gave delight to the Hits " bondman, because he saw that it was his own Vine, the Vine that HE had planted; but hay- " ing been once severed by the destructive hand "of ScHism ; a hateful eye, 1-Is rt - )w views " the sickly Sprouts which issue from its falica, " and ernshed, ant broAer Brant hes_! As the P4anch cannot bear Fruit of itself, ercept it " abide on THE VINE, so THIS shall wither, and " they shall gather IT up, and cast IT INTO THE FIEF., and IT SHALL BURN !"—(Cando/fy, 11. pp:368, - 369.)—N0w, Sir, how ever figurative the language, it must be athni•ted to be perfectly clear and intelligible, and lest a wandering Papkt should misa his way in the metaphor, a finger po3t is plAced in it'ont to direct him truly, awl the emphatic directions are eveu rrinted in Italics .13 , 1 t, Sir, we have a fact, under the considera tion of which even a 1; AI - 1-tows - I- :nay quail, if, as I ant disposed to believe, he is betrayed into his unepi,:copal Defence of the Roman Catholics by the mere goodness of his heat!, and a conviction of Popish Sincerity, 11'it bin these very few years, a Synod of Irish Roman Catholic Bishops was hell, which, upon the acceptance of Bilooa parte's Concordat by the Pope, pronounced the Civil Government of the French Clerev to be "" heretical," " schismati , al,•' a d " impious .;" but they declared, at the same time, " that the " HOLY FATHER, Pius VII. had only yielded by " the Concordat what the dreadful exigencies of " the times DLMANDFD of a true Shepherd of' the Christian Flock, and that, in his measures for " the Restoration of the CATHOLIC UNITY it; " France, he had solidly atad agreeably TO TH2 of THE SACRED CAuuNa, excited the Powers bglougin!; to the dpostolic See ! ! !" ! th, Spirit of the Sacred Canons enables and jusrifi c s a Christian Stephen), that is a PLIT, to give his most solemn assent ..nd sanction o an act Which he thinks " iarlpkus , heretical, and schisma tical," when the exigency of the times (a plea so professedly abhorrent from the notions of our present Appellants) detnand it—anti the systa SPIRIT may absolve him, when the cirri:instances of the times enable him to do so. Are these things passing beftire our eyes—and shall fatuity blind us to the object contemplated, and the means by which it is. to be atchieved, because a few talking and eloquent Latitudinarians, or popular Free thinkers, exalt their voices to disarm OUR opposi tion, or to ridicule our apprehensions ? Is double dealing, barefaced, and funneled ,upon the sanc tions of almost Pagan Religion, to stand thus exposed to our view, and yet to have no influence upon our judgment and decisions ? But I must afford your Readers, Sir, another illustration of that tolerating principle which the Appellants reproach us for not entertaining to the full extent of their hopes ! This same Father Gandolfy, after appealing against the folly 'and sin of us Protestants, in goin; to hear the Protes tant Bishop of London, and listeniog with equal sa tisfaction (this is a curious assumption by the way) '' to a CATHOLIC PREACHER; does not common sense " (he continues) suggest that ONE of the Two " must necessarily be an emissary of the Spirit of " Darkness, a disciple of the Father of Lies, and an " advocate .of - error !!" We need not stop to en qoire whether the Bishop of London or Father. Gandolfy be intended by hint for the Devil's Re-. presentative—thot4:h we cannot - admit that the suggestion of common candour would necessarily come to so uncharitable a conclusion in either al ternative. But, Sir, is it to be endured, that men, rooted in such odious, unchristian, and tyran. flied princiPles, should dare to appeal to a British Public, and to appeal in the assumed lam 4 nage of Protestant Librrality, to demand equal rights, be cause the difference of their religious sentiments can only be a pretext for persecution, who tell us they will ted " much disappointment (I quote " th,ir words) if they do not obtain an nnanimotth " admission that the pi inciples which they au, in " common profess to entertain comprehend every " article of religious and political belief necessary for the Constitution aml permanency of social " order, and the protection or protnotion of the " National Interests of a Christian State." To shew how tenaciously and steadily these men adhere to their motto " semper eadern . ," and how little ,we may expect to benefit by any accession of liberality in the progress of three centuries, should we, through the rashness of mitt Councils, once more arm she Papists with POWER 10 petsecute Heretics, I will give you the senti ments expressed in pint by this same Father Gandolfy, respecting the Mar:yredANmEtt, the ‘ictim of the Bloody Mary awl her Popish Coin cils. In discussing the question of !he validity of Protestant consecrations, he says, " By thi s " form (meaning the form of consecration esta, blished undtr Edward VI.) and THE APOSTATE " HANDS of the nuPious CuaNmER, some few " Protestants were advanced to the Episcopacy." No reflection (however pregnant my feelings upon the subject) can speak so forcibly us those which follow from the pen of a Writer, from whom I have freely extracted these facts, and I would entreat your readers and the whole British Public, before they raise their voices to decide upon this GREAT QUESTION, to read and to di gest all that he has said upon the subject. His work is anonymous, entitled " The dangers with which " Great Britain and Ireland are now menaced by " the demands of the Irish Roman Catholics, shewa " and proved front authentic documents, published " by Rivingtons in 1817." His reflections upon this barbarous and anti-christian attack upon the illostrions CRANMER I cannot withhold. " Such was the Reverend Prelate to svhom " England is so much indebted for her pure " Chnrch,and with it her freeConstittition 3 but an ecclesiastical servant of the Pope now attempts, " from the press of the Metropolis of England, " to brand his memory, and ventures to connect " with his honoured name the shocking epithet " of Imrrous! The Immous CRANMER ! ! ! " Spirit of gomish Persecution !—Has not his " cruel death disarmed thy rage ? will not thy " unrelenting, vengeance rest even over the " silent grave ? and must thy unhallowed hand " rake nip the ashes of the MURDERED DEAD ! !" Titus (this eloquent defender of our Constitu tion proceeds,) " Trios have the concessions 01 Protestant Generosity been "rewarded !" And thus, Sir, will our last concession be rewarded, — and if rawer be incholed in it, Smithfie!d may again boast its Marlyrs,—and Apostate Siutesno-n and Dirines may be found to hail the return of days vhicl► Ilisto,y has bushed to record fur nu;trl-si three centuries Bui,Sir, we have still further light thrown upon this prafess;:an of abhorrence and detestation of persecution on the putt of the Appellants, from one of the first 411(1 Most learned of their - priest. hood. The work of Father Gandolfy, front which these extracts are made, and whose mild and an persecuting principles have already been in souse dagree divulged, did not dare publish his work u ithout the authority of the Pope,—and it is un der the sanction and inzprimatur of the Vatican :hat it comes forth ! It this be no authority for the present opinions and doctrines o f th e R oman Catholics of Great Britain and Ireland, I would ask where are we to look for it ! This Reverend Theologian then, Sir, tells ns—and I will give his own words, " that a Catholic finds not more difli cul:y in assenting to any truth she (that is his Church or General Councils of her Bishops) pro " poses to hint us an article of faith, than he would " in admitting Tlin ORAL TESTIMONY OF.GOD HIM " SELF ! !" Etery Roman Catholic Priest on takito Order•, signs a declaration or takes au oath, " that he undoubtedly recei , Jes, believes, and pro " fesses ALL things that have been delivezed and " declared by (ecumenical Councils ! !" Now, Sir, take one clause as a specimen of these Decrees —%vhich are as unequivocally admitted as the oral testimony of God himself. It is a man date from the Council of Constance. " IF any he found by the competent Ecclesiastical Judge, " only marked or suspected of HERESY, unless ac " cording to the ground of the suspicion or qua " lity of the person they can shew their inno " cence, to the satizfuction of the Judge, and can " CANONICALLY clear themselves, or it they re " fuse obstinately to clear themselves by oath, " THEY ARE TO BE CONDEMNED AS HERETICS ! ! !" These are tl:e opinions which the Appellants are ready to vindicate on the part of themselves al id their ancestors, against the persecution of their Protestant Brethren, and in the face of which they have the boldness to affirm, that they hold all principles in common with the Protestants, " cessary for the constitution and permanency of " social order, and the protection or .promotion " of the National Interests of a Christian State." Veaunot conclude without noticing one of the most disgraceful quibbles which ever stained the pages even of Jesuitical casuistry—and justly stig matized by the Author of the Work I have so strongly and earnestly recommended to your Readers. It is contended, that the punishment inflicted upon I-lERETICS-was not inflicted by the Church —but by the Secular Government ; that is, the_ Councils condemned—but the INQUISITION (which by the way is strenuously defended by this Learned Doctor, Gandolfy, and asserted to be • tlre most humane and politic of human institutions), inflicted the punishment ! !! which might be paro died by saying, that the Laws of England do not condemn a breaker of them to death—but only find - hint Guilty.—lt iS JACK KETCH who in flicts the penalty ! Is it to be endured,higain ask, Sir, that in the l9thcentury, such trash, such insulting sophistry,: should be offered to The Pub lic Eye—or is it possible that any man, aboVe the• level of idiotey,canbe found to support the.atlyo cateS of it ?—lf the fact, however, were as it Is.: stated, we might only treat the sophistry with its, merited contempt—But the fact itself is mistated. It is not true—for the very Council of Constance, from which the extract above is made, did on its own authority, not only condemn as HERETICS, John Floss and Jerome of Prague—but DELIVER THEM TO THE FLAMES ! • " In fact (says the .Reverend Father so often quoted)," my Brethren, -if we may be permitted " to judge of the enormity of a crime from its consequences, there is none before Heaven of a " BLACKER DIE thin) HERESY h Of which blackest of all crimes, OUR GRACIOUS KING, THE LORDS, COMMoNS, AND PEOPLE OF THIS COUNTRY, sand CONDEMNED before the Tribunal of TH. Pore—and be it remembered, Powca alone is wanting to inflict the penalty in curred by John. fluss, Jerome of Prague, the IMPIOUS CRANt,IER, and the•. Host of Sniitlyield Martyrs, for the same black crime ! That POWER is claimed, and a single vote of the Imperial Par liament must decide the question !!---GoD grant us a sate deliverance ! LANFRANC. it SHIP NEWS. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 30.--Last night and the whole of to-day it has blown a hard gale from the S. S. E. to the W. S.W. The ships in the Roads have got yards and top-masts down„ and appear to ride in safety. At three o'clock this morning, about three bouts before high water. the ship General Hamilton, front Havre to Nt.‘ • York, with 200 tons of bale goods, Btc. on board, went on shore on Sconce Point, between Yar mouth and the Needles—has two feet water in her hold, and it is supposed must discharge before she can be got off. HITBY, JAN. 29.-Arrived the Stork, KIRBY, from London, having been on shore on the Mouse Sand the 24th inst.; as yet cannot ascertain whe ther she has sustained damage or nut ; she was got off by her own crew, without any other as sistance. DEAL, JAN, 30.—Arrived, and sailed for the River, the Elizabeth, CULLING, from Berbice ; Lavinia, PAISLEY, from ditto; Wellington, GET TENS, from Leghorn; and King George, KING ,with passengers from Calais. Comedown front the River the Messenger, CHASE, from St. Thomas's. Put back by adverse winds the Constantine, for Hayti; Erm, HUSSEY, for New York ; Barbadoes Packet, BALsTom, for Barbadoes—the latter with loss of anchors and cables—and remain in the Downs with the rest of the outward-bound, all well. PENZANCE, JAN. 28.—The following vessels were spoken on the 26th inst. by one of our pilot boats, viz.—Lively, ; Aid, ; and H brig (name unknown), from St. Michael's, bound to London. CitrEK, JAN. 3Q,—Arrived the Traveller, CRA GIB, froth Denia. HOUSE OF COMMONS. 28' die Janowrij, 1819.. this The House was moved, That the Standing Order of . /louse, of the i9th day of June, 11,—" Th a t all Pe titiou : " for Private Bills, lie presented within Fourteen PaY S aft i the first Vriday in the next, and every future S ession ° " Parliament," might be read : And the same being ' C3ll ;r Resolved, That this House will not receive any Petition - Private Bills, after Friday the 13th day of February neat' ~„r " Resolved, That no Private Bill he read the First Time aP" Monday the 16th day of March next, o f t Resolved, That this House will not receive any net - t such Private Bill, aft e r M o nd a y th e 00th d a y of APr il Ordered, That the said Resalutions be printed. J. DYsOti, Cl. 1). Jon)' Cora' TO CORREPONDENTS. ALBERT is received. We fear the verses arc too 1013;!, We are again obliged to defer many Favours. .T.llzArßicilL REGISTER. THEATRE Rule'Au., DM/ Y-LANE.—An Oratorio. Li EATfle, ItuYAL, Coy eN r-GAR. ESQ.--Nu PerfoTrnar2Ce. ARRIVED-1 Dublin, 4 Waterford. Due-3 Holland, 6rao4 tenburgli, L Lisbon, t Malta, 1 France, G 1-lautburP" PRICE 01 THIS DAY AT r Bank Stoek. 3 per Cent. Red. —7911 per Ceut. Cons 78 4 per Cents. 9 ' 3 114 - 14 , 5 per Cent. Navy Ann. F STOCKS 'wELVE tiel'AiCK. I.Rauh Long Ati n .::: ; 5 . .;4: 0 4. 1 . India Atock ...... ;:',,r. 'Lich.), 13,41(45.... iu6s• 1 01 " , • r. Exch. Bills f t ,ffis. for Acc 79 7v4 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE To .Ntoww w it , Murning,.ss minutes after 9. Evening, 20 minutes THE . SUN. SOLEM QUIS DICERE FALSUM Auur:AT • LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, jBlB. We received this morning the Pdris cs of Tuesday Last. These of Wednesday, w hich 441ej ; due, have not come to hand. The f o llowing 51. extracts : ‘‘CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES; JAN. 26. j e t The discussion on the Recruitment F l was resumed. • t bir " M.Alleut, Under Secretary of State iP War Departtuent,Cununissaire du Roi, relw e- d : 10 the objections which b a d b een urge d a gainst Projet. " The Count d'Atuhrtkgeac, the Reporter the Committee, summed up thediscusSioll , 11 bi argued in favour of the amendments proposed the Committee. tet7 Mar s hal h Var, a thinae Coun t speech'the objections, and G o f o ugvrieoant: lets: n D o l t l i n c l e s t i defended the Projet, content!' ing that the conscription was nothing hut 8 f" .j3 of recruiting, and it was this form which t b : Chatter had abolished; and not recruital" itself, without which there could be no 811°4 Had the Charter intended to abolish the Pr i°' ciple of ballot it would have been expressly sti es plated, as it had b e en in the g re a t Charier °f England, that the army should only be recruit_etl by voluntary enlistm e nt.' Il e went on q"- f ? o serve, that voluntary enlistment bad been fou nt insufficient, and he deprecated the idea 1.-ia :5 France should be rendered powerl e ss by' of the Charter. " This Speech was received with great plause. The Chamber adjourned till to-morrosvP when the discussion on the-Projet, article by ticle, will commence. " PARIS, JAN. 27.—Six of the Duke of W el° lington's Aides-de-Camp have arrived here• The report of the arrival of the Duchess of ton is unfounded. "M. Schafer - has appealed to the Cour ROya against the sentence passed upon, hint by the C°l' rectional Police. " The Royal Almanac for 1818 1) 1.00 1 " blank reaching from page 62 to 78; This be filled up with a list of the Clergy of &sli ce ' but which is not to be printed till after the ado?' tion of the La* respecting the Concordat. v ol " The Archduchess of Austria, Princess 10 ' of Portugal and Brazil, who sailed from Leg" l : , the 15th Aug. last, arrived at Rio Janeiro t he s ! b November, after a passage of eighty-two &O " during which her Royal Highness did n ot eq e ; rience the least inconvenience. The Prince 1311' be Princess Royal received on the next day nuptial benediction. This event was celebrate' by public fates and rejoicings, which lasted 54 ; veral days, and in which the wh o le population ° Rio Janeiro took part. " FIVE PER CENTS. " Monday ... GG f. GO c. " BERLIN, JAN. 17.-IWle have been much s tlrs prised here at reading in several German JOOllOl4l that the Prussian Court is in negotiation w ith other Courts of Germany for the purpose of rep stricting the Liberty of the Press. Thi s rer r cannot be better repelled than by the positi'l annunciation of a measure with which our (, a '